Frozen Oranges

[Orangejet]

Remember the days in Archbold Stadium when SU students use to take oranges from the dining halls, freeze them, and pelt the opposing teams when they ran out from the tunnel before kick-off. It use to blow my mind to see this happen and believe me...when the Cuse went on the road to play, the home team students returned the favor. Never forget the orange stuck in my facemask vs. Penn State in '78 with pulp all over my face. We ended up losing that game 45 - 15 to the #2 ranked Nittany Lions.
BTW - SU admin stopped providing oranges in the dining halls after Wednesday to curb this action but to no avail...

 

[Rocco]

 

[Cheriehoop]

Today with all the televised games, doing something like that would cause such a huge uproar. It's interesting though how things change over the years and how they would be perceived, and handled today vs the good old days. When they talk about fan conduct, some of those good old days were pretty brutal. I remember hearing some of the fan and player conduct in the old NBA - Syracuse Nat's, Celtics etc - think of that happening today - it would be front page news for weeks...

 

[JoeSU]

I'm recalling a game in the late 1970s, sitting in the student section at Archbold. When the opposing team came out on the field behind their bench, the oranges flew. It was a chilly day, and the cute girl next to me produced a full bag of oranges from under her wool trench coat, and handed me one saying "Here - you have a better arm than me." I probably had just enough to drink that I tossed it without thinking, and to make matters worse, I hit an opposing player in the side of his facemask. Unfortunately, this was after the initial volley from the stands, so I was easy to single-out, and the security personnel and players were all pointing right at me. I ended up getting tossed from the stadium. (there's more to the story, but I'll spare you). This episode taught me several valuable lessons, but it wasn't my finest hour.

 

[Chip]

We should have a pep club that paints rocks orange the night before the game. And then they throw them instead.

 

[KaiserUEO]

I'm recalling a game in the late 1970s, sitting in the student section at Archbold. When the opposing team came out on the field behind their bench, the oranges flew. It was a chilly day, and the cute girl next to me produced a full bag of oranges from under her wool trench coat, and handed me one saying "Here - you have a better arm than me." I probably had just enough to drink that I tossed it without thinking, and to make matters worse, I hit an opposing player in the side of his facemask. Unfortunately, this was after the initial volley from the stands, so I was easy to single-out, and the security personnel and players were all pointing right at me. I ended up getting tossed from the stadium. (there's more to the story, but I'll spare you). This episode taught me several valuable lessons, but it wasn't my finest hour.

if that didnt get you laid, then i hope you realized right then & there...that there was no hope.

 

[JoeSU]

if that didnt get you laid, then i hope you realized right then & there...that there was no hope.

I was rudely escorted out of the stadium before I even thought to get her name. It was once of those cases like the guy who throws the second punch is the one who gets caught.

 

[Crusty]

Lets see...assault with a deadly orange?

 

[OrangeTarheel]

I'm recalling a game in the late 1970s, sitting in the student section at Archbold. When the opposing team came out on the field behind their bench, the oranges flew. It was a chilly day, and the cute girl next to me produced a full bag of oranges from under her wool trench coat, and handed me one saying "Here - you have a better arm than me." I probably had just enough to drink that I tossed it without thinking, and to make matters worse, I hit an opposing player in the side of his facemask. Unfortunately, this was after the initial volley from the stands, so I was easy to single-out, and the security personnel and players were all pointing right at me. I ended up getting tossed from the stadium. (there's more to the story, but I'll spare you). This episode taught me several valuable lessons, but it wasn't my finest hour.

You did marry this woman, right?

 

[Whitey23]

I remember the fans at the Umass lax games tossing oranges onto the field.

 

[Toga]